The only issue I’ve had with Carbon 4.4.4 (and AOSPA 4.4) was the camera video (snapchat, messenger fails when u make a video or try to upload one). Besides that these ROM’s are great.
The camera is just something I use too often to ignore that bug, so I switched to SlimRom, which is a great ROM w/o many flaws.

mike when that happens to me i solve that in link2sd with the oprion link dalvik cache, most times that solves, when i have too much aps installed that wont work and i unisntal one or two apps that i dont use and is solved

I doubt NovaFusion will. They barely take anything that is said on this site seriously so I doubt they’ll ask another dev team for help and damage their pride and reputation with their own development.

What’s Omnirom like, anyway? I have seen you go on about it a few times, any issues past the obvious like lack of SIM support and Toolkit?

Omnirom is working great, has multi-window support and more fancy stuff inside if you want. Only thing is that to get Youtube working you need to change build to 4.0.0 in build.prop, then it works. For the rest I stick to omnirom as it’s the only rom which has stagefright 2.0 leak fixed. When novafusion fixes stagefright completely for sure i will try it as i flash for fun almost every two weeks 🙂

Yeah I’m using that kernel right now, but it seems I run in a lot of problems OS wise. First I had to re-format the the partitions (ext4 as last time) because OmniRom was not holding for some weird reason, so fixed that, and now for some reason Google Play services won’t allow me to download anything.

The ROM is probably one of the best I have seen, but it’s being more trouble than it’s worth. Still has Stage fright issues too (latest build)…

Also would be nice if Nova could release their own version of OmniROM, a more updated one that actually works. Come to think of it, imagine what could be accomplished if all the major developers got together to create a ROM. One developer can fix when the other don’t know how to (which is seen in various ROMs), while the others focus on enhancements and other such things.

But is it possible to fix twich tv app ? that is the only app what I really miss.
I only get Black Screen but if i change to “Audio Only” i can hear the sound of stream.

Tipps for Beginners:
– Use the “recovery” version and flash it with TWRP. I never had problems with it.
(No md5 error or something like that)
– Use full f2fs [system,data & cache] I have only good experice with it.
(no problems with offline charging)

See, this guy gets it. Mixing different filesystem almost always runs into problems. And if a ROM version doesn’t fully support the f2fs filesystem, like Lollipop, always fall back to the default ext4 filesystem.

And as I have said before, if using the f2fs filesystem, ONLY use a recovery version that supports it!

@Unpluggt: maybe it will help if you list the app version and error codes (if any). Just a thought. 🙂

i have the 20150810 version of this rom and experienced the same things but i managed to get rid of these bugs if i left the pfone on the charger for 1 or 2 hours after it’s indicated the fully charged state. it helped a lot and i also downloaded a CPU TUNER app to make sure govenors work the way they should and i set the scenarios in the app to make sure nothing drains the battery, plus in the privacy settings i denied almost every app to wake up or keep awaken the phone.
( I use the phone every day full f2fs formatted, battery life is very good until i turnon the wifi facebook 😀 but i dont hang on these thing a lot )

Wow how do you even get 2+ days of battery life??? I can barely get 22hrs with minimal usage and if I leave my phone on standby without using it maybe 24hrs 🙁 Is it because you’re on cm11 and I’m on cm12.1?

Actually one thing I have noticed is how long it takes to charge these custom ROMs in comparison to stock, On stock it usually takes me just under 1:30 minutes to get a full charge, on custom it is taking me well over two hours to get a full charge, and that’s both without use. Quite the difference it seems.

I install SpiritF from this place https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=spirit&fdid=fm.a2d.sf version 2015_04_14, still I receive message that “This device may need a kernel with a working FM driver” There is no problem to invest 33 PLN for version from google play however I would like to be sure that it will work. Can you confirm that on latest CM11 SpiritFM for S3 mini works? Can you provide link for spirit fm app?

With this update, I present problems to charge my phone. If below 50%, it is frozen and does not charge ….
Someone other than will happen?
Previously used the version of cm11.0_golden.nova.20150927, and worked great

I had also the same problem with long battery charging time. With stock rom it only takes about 2 hours to fully charge.
I think that could be because the custom rom isnt taking the correct voltage from the charger, or is mapped to work with other voltages differents from the original charger.
With my original charger it could take about 1 or 2 days to fully charge.
Recently i tried with a charger of 5V 1Amp, and it took only 2hours.
I also experienced this problem with others roms like omni, and carbon, so maybe it s a default configuration from the original rom launched by google, and developers didnt tune for s3 mini hardware.

Got a question about the constant app optimizing on every boot. I think it may have something to do with the dalvik/cache but not to sure how to fix the issue past deleting it, and not even that works. Any suggestions?

I highly doubt I’ll get a response to this because of how selfish most are but it’s worth a shot anyway. :/

this problem is caused when there are .odex files in /data/app folder than have permissions set so system can no write to them during the optimization process. There may be other causes, but this is the leading cause, i read about 15 threads on this, for alot of people its the app titanium backup odex file that causes the issue but there can be other programs. for these people the fix is uninstall and reinstall titanium backup. for me, i used es file explorer (root req) and i deleted any .odex (in data/app) that i found that didn’t have write permissions for the system, i found two odex files that were rw- r– r– and deleted them. then i rebooted and the android is upgrading message did not come back (after 2nd reboot) at this point i reinstalled the two apps that had the odex files without w permission for system.

i assume the problem could also be fixed by changing the permissions on the odex files without having to reinstall them, but if the permissions were set like that for a reason, you’ll want to set it back to rw- r– r– after you stop getting the android is upgrading message at bootup.

I found two .odex files that related to “Nova Launcher” and “Twilight”. Deleted both and after multiple reboots I still get the “Optimizing app” screen. I also uninstalled “Titanium Backup” and same issue. I also deleted the dalvik/cache and still the same problem.

At this point I am assuming it is a ROM issue that the dev team keep overlooking, unless there is something else? Suggestions?

Have you tried reinstalling GApps? (of course u did!) I found troubles with apps after installing a new release sometimes magically disappear after reinstalling GApps. Don’t know why, but it worked for me a couple of times. Worth a try?

Now, to NovaFusion: all you have to do now is compile that fix into future ROMs (and give credit to the developer, obviously), or, use parts of the code to implement you own and get it working with later versions of the Netflix app!

See, not such a bad guy after all. Now get it done, team, and thanks for the continued support!!

Thanks for this new release (20151017). However I still have the Offline charging problem with a S3 Mini.
Does anyone knows how to fix it: perhaps there’s a way or option, to install the rom that I missed?
Thanks for help. ;0)

I get a 3% drop on a 12 hour standby period. That’s as good if not better than the stock ROM, so I am only going to say this once and I don’t want to see the same from you or anyone else again, tweak the “performance” settings! Try CPU governor on “ondemand” and I/O on “Noop”. Also check what sensors you have enabled (2G / 3G / Bluetooth etc. Live wallpapers and leaving apps in memory won’t help with battery either.

Is there any chance that stagefright issue 2015-6602 will be fixed in Novafusion’s CM 11.0? Changelog says that all issues were fixed, but the stagefright detector app still complains about being vulnerable (2015-6602). Thanks a lot!

Bluetooth doesn’t work reliably on my GT-I8190 with this build (and earlier CM11 builds). After boot, it will work for a while, but eventually after some hours it will crash and can’t be activated again unless I will do a quick reboot. Everything else works very fine, but this is quite annoying.

I have tested my i8190N version in the recent months with different builds from Novafusion (e.g. 5.0, 5.1, 4.4). The GPS module did not work in any release. I tested it with Google Maps, GPS Status and Androsensor.
I strictly kept the installation guides and also wiped cache and dalvik.
Sometimes wiped system.
Installation with TWRP Zip or Odin package.
I installed Open Gapps and without.
With A-GPS update or with GPS fix patch did not work either.

In all Samsung stock firmware the GPS module works perfect! Even without A-GPS download.

I even installed other kernels and updated basebands. Still no function of GPS.
In the CM rom Google Maps is only able to locate with WLAN and mobile network location but no GPS. So it has access to my location service.

It seems that all releases miss the correct driver for the N version of S3 mini? Perhaps the N version has a different GPS hardware module?
I really would like to use the great Novafusion CM releases but without GPS it is not possible. I already tried to search for this problem in google, other forums and XDA but no clue anywhere.
Seems that not many have the N version and tested the GPS function.
Does anybody have an idea how to solve it?
Your help i greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Hello everyone! thanks for your great work! I have the s3mini 8190N with cyano 20151017 4.4.4 but I have a problem when I look for images on the Internet (images don’t load and are all pixelated), what can be the problem?
Why not put the NFC for this model? (sorry for bad english)

hi great work many thanks for using this on my s3 mini but massive issue here…

i installed cyano 12.1 first and noticed the issue, then tried this one before installing gapps, now i see that you can change the home screen options like grid size etc by swiping up after pressing the menu key(left), these options are not in the normal settings menu AS THEY SHOULD BE, then after installing gapps they are gone totally! so im stuck with the google search bar !! arrg and unable to modify the home screen again, i may try different app packages as i went with stock. i used odin to install every time btw then flash gapps from recovery

It doesn’t show boot animation. Where it should be boot animation is just black and the phone starts. Maybe I did install wrong. Would someone give me steps to install from a advanced recovery twrp. Thanks

CM11 (20151017). Everything works perfect. 2 weeks and Not a single problem. Congrats!
The only issue: I’m losing 15% – 20% of battery charge in every reboot. Or when I switch Off and On the phone… is that nomal?

Other questions:
– is there any way to remove the bootanimation to save batttery?
– which is the best governor in terms of battery? (without losing so much performance)

Dear Novafusion, I can’t download anything from you, my download always got interrupted after a minute.
There was a time when I used downthenall to be able to finish my download, but that seems to be blocked, I have a shyte internet and without download managers I’m lost.:(

Hi… I install this version and has been the best so far but I have one problem that happens with the Facebook application for Android. when trying to view video gives me a stranger to play the video error. I hope you can help me

First: Thanks for making the port of CM to Galaxy S3 mini!!!
Just installed KitKat 4.4.4 (CyanogenMod 11.0) 20151017 on a S3 mini (GT-I8190N), but there was no connection to the mobile network.
After some googling I found it could perhaps be due to an issue with the modem-part of the ROM, and I decided to give an alternative modem.zip a shot.
I found and installed using TWRP the file i8190n-cwm-modems.zip on top of the CM and it solved the problem – now the phone works (again 🙂 ).
The zip file contains a modems.img dated 18-dec-2013, but I now wonder if that is in fact the latest/best modem for that phone/ROM. Is for instance the zip-file containing the file modems.bin dated 12-jun-2014 better? …or is the best modem sw found elsewhere.
I also wonder if a zipped bin-file is installed in the same way as a zipped img-file.
I finally wonder why the Novafusion CM didn’t work ‘out of the box’ in the first place – is there a bug somewhere?
Any comments would be welcomed.

I’ve meanwhile switched to OmniROM, though I like CM more than Omni. But unfortunately, the stagefright issue 2015-6602 is still unfixed. I’d like to switch back to CM 11.0, but not without that necessary fix.

I don’t think that CM 12.1 will be a real success, since videos don’t work. CAMU and similar apps are no alternative to real video recording.

The rom is fine but has a small mistake is when I connected the charger and I give off the phone automatically turns on and would be more buene even the rom if would add animations such as lollipop as when you open an app emtre other and chido would be It is in the settings and status bar notification and a little darker as the issue of nexus that is in the play store

INGLÉS
Please update the TWRP to be compatible with the scent installer gapps open because there are apps that I want to install as others that I do not want and also do not want to eliminate or remplazen

Face unlock doesnt work for me. When I try to set it up it says face search is not possible to run; there are dots where I should put my face but theres no picture and camera is closed. I have installed Open gapps arm 4.4 aroma 20160609. Any fix for this?

Hello,
I have expierenced a bug with sound, it was silented and return on only with a manual restart but after a few minutes the bug returns … The audio settings does not work.
There a permanent solution ?